EoW July 2007

english corporate news

Nexans opens new plant in China

Nexans, France, held a grand opening ceremony on 22 nd March 2007 to mark the official start of production in Nanning, Guangxi Province, China. The new plant, Nexans’ third wholly- owned facility in the country, produces telecommunication and signalling cables for the railway infrastructure market, and represents a major step in improving Nexans’ geographic coverage of China. Initially Nexans Nanning will mainly manufacture copper telecom cables used in switching, transmission and DSL access for fixed and mobile networks, including multi-pair cables for both indoor and outdoor telecom applications. To take advantage of the rapid expansion of conventional tracks and high speed lines in China’s rail network, the new plant will also start offering railway signalling cables (station range access cables, signalling and control cables, axle counter and balise cables). At the opening, Mr Michel Lemaire, executive vice president Asia-Pacific Area, said “We see huge growth in telecom and

The opening ceremony of the Nexans Nanning plant ▲

data cable production as well as system applications in China. “That’s the reason why the Group has not hesitated to invest in order to have local large-capacity production plants in the most strategic locations. The setting up of a new factory in Nanning fits into this business logic.”

Nexans entered the Chinese market in the mid-1980s, and has three wholly-owned plants in China and three sales offices in Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong.

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